surfaceDistance: Earth surface distance between two points
Description
The surfaceDistance() function calculates the distance in kilometers between any two lat-lon pairs
using the Haversine equation.
Usage
surfaceDistance(lat1_deg, lon1_deg, lat2_deg, lon2_deg)
Value
Distance in kilometers
Arguments
- lat1_deg
latitude 1 (degrees)
- lon1_deg
longitude 1 (degrees)
- lat2_deg
latitude 2 (degrees)
- lon2_deg
longitude 2 (degrees)